Drug surveillance leads to 6 arrests in Worcester

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Jan 4, 2013 at 6:00 AM

Worcester police arrested six people Wednesday as a result of their surveillance of a suspected heroin trafficker who was out on bail.

Jose Vinales, 29, of Worcester was arrested in October for allegedly trafficking in heroin and distributing heroin. He was released on bail, but police learned that he still might be running a distribution network, according to a police news release.

Police said they did surveillance in the area of 7 Laurel St. and saw Mr. Vinales leave an apartment and get in a Ford Taurus with Rosell Lamadrid, 19, of 7 Laurel St., Apt. 1, and Luis Pena Delacruz, 27, of 5 Aetna St. Police said they followed the Taurus to Hooper Street, where the car stopped behind a Suzuki SUV. Mr. Lamadrid and Mr. Delcaruz got into the Suzuki and drove to Eastern Avenue, while Mr. Vinales returned to the Laurel Street apartment.

While Mr. Lamadrid and Mr. Delacruz were on Eastern Avenue, three people in a white sedan approached them, and a drug transaction allegedly took place. When police approached the white sedan, they saw drug paraphernalia in the car and arrested the three people inside: Timothy Shurick, 35, of 12 Johnston Court, Douglas; Derek Doyon, 33, of 11 West St., Northbridge; and Heath Quintal, 33, of 76 Cedar St., Douglas. All three were charged with possession of a class A substance and conspiracy to violate controlled substance laws.

Police said they also stopped Mr. Lamadrid and Mr. Delacruz and found 7 half-gram bags of heroin in their vehicle. Both are charged with possession of heroin with intent to distribute, distribution of heroin and conspiracy to violate controlled substance laws.

Police found Mr. Vinales at 7 Laurel St. After they told him about the investigation, he showed them where he had a sandwich bag that contained 80 half-gram bags of heroin, according to police. They arrested him on charges of trafficking heroin and conspiracy to violate controlled substance laws.

Police said they received a search warrant for 7 Laurel St. and found $36,389 in cash, approximately 25 grams of heroin, plus packaging material and drug paraphernalia.

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